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Machine Learning
GPT-3
Welcome to the
new level of bullshit
GPT-3
?
RAPHAËL MILLIÈRE, September 9, 2020
Nautilus: Science Connected
magazine
Intelligence
:
Ability to achieve goals in a
wide range of environments
Legg, Shane and Marcus Hutter (2007). “A collection of definitions of intelligence”.
In: Advances in artificial general intelligence: Concepts, archtectures and algorithms.
Ed. by Ben Goertzel and Pei Wang. Vol. 157. Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence
and applications. Amsterdam: IOS Press, pp. 17–24
Tool (2c)
:
A means to an end
“Tool.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary,
Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tool.
Accessed 6 Oct. 2020.
intelligence as a tool
+
garbage in, garbage out
=
BS amplified
ad-hoc tools
pre-manufactured tools
The law of "time-binding"
Korzybski, Alfred (1924).
Time-Binding, the General Theory.
Lakeville, Conn., Institute of General Semantics.
=> future depends on the past;
=> knowledge at T+1:
=
a) knowledge at T;
*
b) rate of utilization at T+1
why ?
Progressively determined
trajectory of
accelerated development
Intelligence as a tool is 'just'
an amplification mechanism,
oblivious of the content,
that could spin into both
super-human intelligence or
super-human stupidity...
into our notion of intelligence
So maybe we include
desires
,
goals
and
directions
1
The crown
Machine learning
GPT-3
Welcome to bullshit
Nautilus
How come?
Tool + garbage
Intelligence&Tool
Definitions
AI used definition
So intelligence is a tool
Not surprising...
All is a tool
However
Ad-hoc
Carry around
Time-binding
TB -1
TB -2
TB -3
TB -4
Progress
Accelerated development
Selection for relevance
Social dilemma
Garbage
Stupidity
Garbage